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Charles Higginbotham Personal information Full name Charles Ernest Higginbotham Born 4 July 1866
Charing Cross, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, ScotlandDied 11 March 1915 (aged 48)
FranceBatting style Right-handed Role Batsman Domestic team information Years Team 1912 Army 1906 South African Army First-class debut 12 January 1906 South Africa Army v MCC Last First-class 30 May 1912 Army v Royal Navy Career statistics Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 45 Batting average 15.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 40* Balls bowled 0 Wickets - Bowling average - 5 wickets in innings - 10 wickets in match - Best bowling - Catches/stumpings 1/0 Source: CricketArchive, 4 December 2007 Charles Ernest Higginbotham (4 July 1866 in Charing Cross, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland – 11 March 1915 in France)[1] was a British soldier[2] who also had a notable cricket career.[3]
Biography
After attending Rugby School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst,[2] Higginbotham was stationed in the Far East, where he played cricket for the Straits Settlements, playing three matches against Hong Kong between 1890 and 1891.[4]
He served during the Second Boer War,[2] also fitting in some Minor Counties cricket for Devon in the first years of the 20th century.[5] Whilst in South Africa, he made his first-class debut in January 1906, playing for the South African Army against the touring MCC team,[6] who were in fact the touring England cricket team.[7]
He played one further first-class match, playing for the Army against the Royal Navy at Lord's in May 1912.[6] He was killed on active service at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in May 1915.[2][8]
References
- ^ CricketArchive profile
- ^ a b c d Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1916, Obituaries in 1915
- ^ Cricinfo profile
- ^ Other matches played by Charles Higginbotham at CricketArchive
- ^ Minor Counties Championship matches played by Charles Higginbotham at CricketArchive
- ^ a b First-class matches played by Charles Higginbotham at CricketArchive
- ^ MCC in South Africa 1905/06 at CricketArchive
- ^ CWGC entry
Categories:- 1866 births
- 1915 deaths
- Northamptonshire Regiment officers
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- English cricketers
- Straits Settlements cricketers
- Devon cricketers
- British Army cricketers
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